On 20 October, in local palace of culture in Kaharlyk city, was shown The Expendables 2 movie with the support of MP candidate from the Party of Regions Olersandr Onyshchenko. Jan Klod Van Dam, one of the leading actors in the movie, visited the event. He campaigner for the Party of Regions together with the candidate
We remind, that Oleksandr Onishchenko had already organized a campaign concert participated by Ihor Nikolaev (a famous Russian singer-songwriter).
Similar participation of foreigners in campaign events is a violation of the Article 74 (1) of the Law of Ukraine "On Elections of People’s Deputies of Ukraine”, in particular: "Participation in the election campaigning is forbidden to: foreigners and stateless persons, including journalist activities, participation in concerts, performances, sport events, or other public events which are conducted in or with support of the party - subject of the election process or MP candidate".
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